a wild ride ahead The energy and resources industry can expect a wild ride in coming years as the standard-setters turn their attention to this sector. Story Debbie Smith CA The energy and resources sector‚ despite its status as a globally important industry‚ has received little specific attention over the years from the standard-setters. Recent proposals from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ its interpretations committee (IFRIC)‚ and even the Australian Government
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to reflect on Sandra Steingraber ’s book‚ Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment. I will examine Sandra Steingraber ’s compilation of scientific studies that link environmental pollution‚ contamination and toxicity to various types of cancers in humans and in animals as well. I will also discuss my personal opinion of the book‚ how my thinking and perspective has changed as a result of this book‚ and the importance and value of
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jokes‚ only to find that I am not amused. They confide in me how they could never date a black girl or a black boy‚ and I can’t support their sentiments. I wouldn’t be here if such relationships didn’t occur. Yet‚ I don’t think I would change the way I look to deter such comments. What I inherited from my mother is my disguise almost‚ how I can uncover what people really think about the group to which I belong. If they could tell that I was the subject of their comments‚ they wouldn’t say it to me‚ but
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Case 12-9 Rough Waters Ahead Smooth Sailing is a private company that operates one cruise ship. Smooth Sailing’s purchase of the cruise ship was financed with nonrecourse debt. (Nonrecourse debt is a loan that is secured by a pledge of collateral‚ in this case the cruise ship‚ but for which the borrower is not personally liable. If the borrower defaults‚ the lender can seize the collateral‚ but the lender’s recovery is limited to the collateral.) The cruise ship has its own identifiable cash flows
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Look‚ stranger‚ at this island now by W.H. Auden This poem us a "musical" exercise in which the poet reveals his technical skill by using sound techniques and figurative language to reinforce his description of a scene. It is one of Auden’s few poems of natural description‚ perhaps of the coast in the West Country of England. The first stanza requires the stranger - someone unfamiliar with the island of kingdom of Britain but perhaps acquainted with the stereotype of it as a dull and gloomy place
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We should not preserve the past‚ we should look to the future. We are living in the modern era‚ where people are practical and realistic‚ optimistic that new inventions and discoveries will improve their lives. For most‚ it would be plain foolishness if one were to be so mindful about the past‚ when instead‚ one should invest his time and thought into building a better and more meaningful life in the future. Ironically‚ in the midst of their “pragmatic” judgement of keeping the past alive‚ these
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Sympathetic Qualities: A Look at the Hotel Keeper in Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” Sympathetic qualities endear characters to the reader in stories; they are the elements of a character’s personality that attract attention and hold emotion. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain‚” these characteristics and resulting actions support the story’s purpose. The hotel keeper exhibits several sympathetic qualities including fatherly concern and attentiveness to his work. The hotel keeper shows fatherly
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growing old‚ it has it’s benefits like learning from mistakes and becoming wiser. It also has it’s disadvantages like health risks. As people grow older‚ they come closer to death but also experience a lot throughout their life spans. While some people look forward with confidence to growing old‚ other fears the aging process. Everyone who lives will eventually die. With life‚ comes death. A big question asked in today’s society is‚ “Where do we go once we die?” Many religions have their own beliefs
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+971.4.457.5800 Fax: +971.4.457.3164 Email: spedub@spe.org Moscow Office Office hours: 0900–1700 (GMT+4) Monday–Friday Perynovsky Per.‚ 3 Bld.2 Moscow‚ Russia‚ 127055 Tel: +7 495 937 42 09 Email: spemos@spe.org VOL. 9 // ISSUE 2 // 2013 What’s Ahead Perspective from TWA’s editor-in-chief‚ Todd Willis. TWA InterAct Responses to TWA content sent via social media. TWA Interview Dueling points of view from Ben Ayliffe‚ head
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boring life and not at all spontaneous. He might be afraid that something will go wrong because he always does what people tell him to do. He his not really looking forward to tomorrow‚ even though in this line it says that he is‚ “as I was told‚ and look forward to tomorrow.” At the end of the poems he asks us why he can’t live forever. Most people think that maybe it is not ideal to live forever because then life will get boring. If the speaker was living his life to the fullest and was
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